Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Salvatore Vitagliano "Venus of Plenty", Glazed Terracotta Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
"Venus of Plenty", glazed terracotta sculpture, Salvatore Vitagliano, Naples 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Biagio Romeo Wood and Bronze Sculpture
By Romeo
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful sculpture designed by Biagio Romeo in the 1960s, of fine Italian manufacture. The sculpture has a rectangular base made of polished black wood, ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,333 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Statue by Jitka Forejtova for Royal Dux, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
By Royal Dux
Located in Praha, CZ
Porcelain statue by Jitka Forejtova in the 1960s, manufactured by Royal Dux probably a bit later. Gorgeous porcelain midcentury home decoration, that will catch an eye on any display.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large metal sculpture made by Italian artist Antonio Misuraca
Located in HAARLEM, NL
Metal sculpture made by Italian artist Antonio Misuraca, one of a range of 6 feminin sculptures. The divergence of femininity is subtly displayed in Antonio Misuraca’s sculptures tha...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Original Hand Made Glass Sculpture, Signs of the Zodiac / Libra, 1960
By Zelezny Brod
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia around 1960s
- hand made sculpture in town Zelezny Brod
- one of the oldest Glass factorie worldwide like Murano
- Rj.
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Curtis Jere Figural Bronze on Marble Base
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Astoria, NY
Curtis Jere midcentury figural bronze of a joyful figure jumping upon a molded columnar marble breccia base, circa 1968. Unsigned.
Dimensions: 19.25" H x 7.5" W x 4" D (approx).
De...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alfred Burlini Abstract Bronze Figure
By Alfred Burlini
Located in New York, NY
Stylized modernist bronze figure by noted artist Alfred Burlini. Figure rests on a wood and black granite base. Signed.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian gilded brass tree circa 1940
Located in PARIS, FR
A very decorative gilded brass tree Italy circa 1940
Nice details
Nice vintage condition
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Kishi Ceramic Vase with a Face
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful African tribal vase with a face; the piece is very well done. Very cool unique piece.
Measures: Height 52 cm.
Diameter 14 cm.
Weight ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gaetano Pompa Mid-Century Cast and Gilt Bronze, Winged Deity
By Gaetano Pompa
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An authentic and fantastic example of Italian mid-century Art by Gaetano Pompa (Italy, 1933-1998). Signed and dated Roma 1966 on the back of one wing. Hollow cast with gilt finish an...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Canadian Sculptor Alice Winant, Sterling Sculpture of a Fisherman on Wood Base
Located in St. Louis, MO
A well-known Canadian sculptor, Alice Winant (nee Czitron) Quebec, Canada/ Romania 1928-1989, unique sterling 925 sculpture of an old bearded fisherman si...
Category
1960s Canadian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
pair of vintage wooden spools
Located in Seattle, WA
Sold as a pair. nice patina and character. Vintage wood textile spools. Vintage condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only. Box H6
Dimensions: 3.5"W 7"H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$120 / set
Barbini after Martinuzzi Nude, Italy 1970's
By Barbini
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Barbini after Martinuzzi Nude, Italy 1970's
Hot-sculpted black glass sculpture in massello slabs with corosso finish, flecked with polychromed gold. Figural abstract female nude aft...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Danish Wooden Sculpture of ‘The Three Wise Monkeys’
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Wooden sculpture of ‘The Three Wise Monkeys’, a symbol of oriental origin that conveys the philosophy of ‘I don't see, I don't hear, I don't speak’. The piece is sculpted with great ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Female Head, " Fabulous Mid Century Lucite Sculpture by Susan Bush
By Susan Bush
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable and rare work by Susan Bush from the 1970s, this piece, to quote the artist, "is very archetypal and the carved forms of the head and hair are ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Elegant Vintage Solid Walnut Nude Woman Figure, Cantù, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy in the 60s in Cantù, a city in Lombardy which is well-known for their talented wood artisans.
This is an incredible high-quality classicist piece, realized in solid wal...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Mid Century Modern Hand-Carved Abstract Tower
Located in Seattle, WA
Please inspect all photos. We strive to represent the item as best we can through the many pictures, feel free to let us know if you’d like additional pictures and video
Please let u...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Manuel Felguérez Mid-Century Mexican Metal Toy Soldier (1 of 7)
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Manuel Felguérez Mid-Century Mexican Metal Toy Soldier (1 of 7)
This figurine measures: 5 wide x 5 deep x 16 inches high
We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show ...
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Richard Hirsch Black Marble Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture, 2006 - 2010
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch’s Black Marble Mortar and Glass Pestle Sculpture was made during 2006 – 2010. It's wheel thrown and hand built clay, black glaze, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Set of Three Murano Glass Clowns
Located in Antwerp, BE
Three Murano glass clowns, Italy, 1970s.
Left clown: Height 26 cm, width 15 cm, depth 10 cm.
Middle clown: 23 cm, width 18 cm, depth 14 cm.
Right clown: 27 cm, width 15 cm, depth ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
$803 / item
Mid-Century verdigris bronze figure of a girl releasing doves
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
A stylised mid-century verdigris bronze figure of a girl releasing doves from a box, stood on a naturalistic base. The piece is unsigned but would date to the 1960s and is likely to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Stylized Lucite Three-Piece Phallic Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Large midcentury stylized Lucite three-piece phallic sculpture, circa 1970s. The sculpture is made of three pieces of Lucite and can be configured in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Small Walter Bosse Sagittarius Zodiac Brass Figurine, Austria, 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Hal Fromhold Ceramic Vikings
By Hal Fromhold
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Whimsical pair of ceramic viking faces on a wood base created by artist Hal Fromhold. Art piece includes a hand-written artist label on the bottom inscribed as "Preston and Isalde" b...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Giltwood Rose Sculpture by Carlos Villegas
Located in Tarrytown, NY
22kt gold leaf woodcarving depicting a single rose in a pot in exquisite detail by master woodworker Carlos Villegas.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Modernist Carved Stone Figurative Sculpture, W.P.A.Style, Signed M E F '01
By Henri Laurens
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist carved stone figurative sculpture.W.P.A.style, signed M E F '01? Amazing form, proportion, Extremely well executed. Skilled artist for sure.
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Marcello Fantoni Copper Sculpture "Still Life"
Located in Hanover, MA
Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) Brutalist Copper Sculpture, "Still Life",
Signed on base “Fantoni Firenze” “Raymor”
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Oversized Murano Style Vintage Glass Cherry Table Top Decor
Located in Charleston, SC
This large stem with glass cherries has vibrant red and green, looks good all year but Would make an excellent table top decor for the holiday season. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Squirrel Walter Bosse figurines brass patinated new Vienna Austria TALISMAN
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
This squirrel figurine was produced in Austria and is signed at the bottom: Bosse Austria. The piece comes together with a fabric pouch, including a certificate, too. Each figure is ...
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Handmade Leather Decorative Elephant
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare and unique leather elephant toy or decorative object, with handstitched leather cord, and engraving on the sides as shown, metal rings as eyes well done piece filled inside.
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Girl Figure by Kurt Steiner for Wallendorf Porzellan, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Figure of girl in porcelain by Kurt Steiner for Wallendorf Porzellan
Category
1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid Century Italian white marble erotic sculpture
Located in London, GB
Well crafted erotic art piece is white carrera marble depicting a phallus. The item is of a substantial size and realistic in form to create an interesting sculptural piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
$1,811 Sale Price
40% Off
Brazilian Modernist Brass Rhino by Alvaro Franklin da Silveira
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass rhino sculpture designed in the 1970s by renowned Brazilian sculptor, Alvaro Franklin (Urandi, Bahia, 1935-2020).
Having learned forging and foundry ...
Category
1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Self-Embrace, Mid-Century American Modern Wood Sculpture by Needle, Ca. 1960
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT SCULPTURE
Crafted with great taste and skill by an unidentified sculptor (signed 'Needle'), this stunningly shaped and proportioned remarkable modernist sculpture looks exquis...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Sculptural Glazed Ceramic Lamp by Arpad Rosti
By Arpad Rosti
Located in Buffalo, NY
organic form sculptural glazed ceramic lamp by Arpad Rosti. Dark blue-green and grey in color.
Best known for his remarkably inventive lamps, trays and vessels designed in organic, free form shapes, Arpad Rosti was a highly versatile artist, equally at home in both the ceramics and enameling fields. While most of his work was done in either clay or metal, in the late 1940s he also ventured into furniture design when he produced a group of tables in treated wood, mosaic, copper, and glass. His one-of-a-kind furniture was exhibited in 1949 at the Chinese Gallery in New York and written up in the New York Times. As further evidence of his wide-ranging talents, in 1972 he was commissioned to produce a stained glass window for a residence in North Caldwell, New Jersey which New York Times critic Joan Cook described as “a miracle of color and light.”
Born in Subotica, Yugoslavia in 1909, Rosti studied architecture at the School of Industrial Arts in Budapest. In 1940, he moved with his wife Ilona to the United States and settled in New York where he became a naturalized citizen in 1945. In 1947 his work was featured in an exhibition organized by the Craftsmen’s Equity and presented at the Barbizon-Plaza Galleries in New York. The organization, of which he was President, aimed to “put craft on a business basis without sacrificing the individuality inherent in handmade articles.”
Throughout the 1950s Rosti’s work was regularly chosen for the prestigious National Ceramic Exhibitions at the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now known as the Everson Museum). It was included in seven of these exhibitions between 1946 and 1958 and in 1947 Rosti’s work was singled out by the New York Times critic Edward Alden...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
La Bertetti Torino Italian Ceramic Woman on the Rock
By Cleleia de Bertetti
Located in bari, IT
A ceramic by La Bertetti ogìf Clelia Bertetti Torino from the 1950s.
Clelia Bertetti in 1932, after leaving her job at the "Lenci" ceramic factory, which lasted about 5 years and ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,523 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Ebony Root Wood Figural Dancer Mounted Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
Alexandre Noll style abstract female nude figural sculpture mounted on Lucite square base. Although this piece is not signed or dated, it is very much of the style and simplicity of...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Ebony
Old time Early second hand India Import possibly Brass Tray
Located in Seattle, WA
This piece is an India Import , possibly brass tray. This Piece has nice patina and character. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only.
Dimensions. 8.25”Di...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wooden Sculpture of a Banana Plant, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wooden sculpture of a banana plant, 1950s
Sculpture of a banana plant in carved wood with interlocking leaves. Hand crafted an...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Whimsical Incline Skateboarding Sculpture, Figurative in Metal, Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Whimsical Incline Skateboarding Sculpture, Figurative in Metal, Wood
Offered for sale is a vintage mid-century whimsical sculpture made of wood and metal (bronze?) depic...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Biagio Romeo Woman Sculpture, Signed 1996
By Romeo
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful bronze and wood sculpture designed in 1996, fine Italian manufacture. SIGNED.
The base is made of lacquered black wood. This form serves as a pedestal for the actual sculpture.
The main body is represented by an entirely nude bronze woman, kneeling.
The woman is seated on a rock, on which the artist's signature is carved.
The woman is represented in a contorted position: in fact, she is seated with one knee on the ground, while her entire weight pivots on the other. With one arm she touches the ground to keep her balance while with the other she touches her head, as if she wanted to be photographed. The woman is completely naked and we can see this from her obvious breasts, but her bottom is also visible.
The woman seems to represent a person who wants to be looked at, proudly showing herself in her nudity. A hymn to female nudity and to the beauty and harmony of the body.
The sculpture is very beautiful and suitable for decorating classy areas.
Bibliography:
Biagio Romeo...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$761 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Polish Bronze Sail Boat Sculpture by Emilio Lancia
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful polish bronze sculpture design by renowned Italian designer Emilio Lancia in the 1960s. The sculpture depicts two sail boats sailing in the ocean. The sculpture is constr...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Figural Nude Bronze, Wrought Iron and Wood Sculpture circa 1960s-1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a vintage figural nude bronze, wrought iron and wood sculpture, circa 1960s-1970s.
Patinated bronze women with a wrought iron hoop between the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Salvatore Vitagliano "Venus in Maturity", Glazed Terracotta Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
"Venus of Maturity", glazed terracotta sculpture, Salvatore Vitagliano, Naples 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Double Spouted Vase by Vittorio Cornacchia
By Arnaldo Sangiorgi and Vittorio Cornacchia
Located in New York, NY
Glazed ceramic. Figurative design with blue and red glazes. Produced together with Arnaldo Sangiorgi at Keramos Studio in Faenza, Italy. Artist signed on underside.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Porcelain Sculpture of Faun and a Rabbit by Royal Copenhagen
Located in North Miami, FL
Mid-20th century danish glazed porcelain sculpture of Faun (satyr) sitting over a column and a rabbit by danish firm Royal Copenhagen
By: Royal Copenhagen
Material: porcelain, paint...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint, Ceramic
Mickey Mouse Vintage Wood Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical Mickey Mouse wood sculpture hand carved and painted in his blue tuxedo.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
"Faces of Love" by David Fisher for Austin Productions c. 1985
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage sculpture titled "Faces of Love" by David Fisher and manufactured for Austin Productions circa 1985.
Please confirm item location (NY or NJ).
Category
1980s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne "Nude #1" Wall-Hanging Sculpture 1960s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
"Study of Nude #1", a rare figural wall sculpture incorporating a femaile nude motif in solid pewter by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960's (signed with original gallery label o...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pewter
Barovier & Toso Scavo Glass Murano Female Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Barovier & Toso Scavo Glass Murano Female Sculpture
This elegant sculpture stands 20 inches tall and showcases the distinctive scavo technique characteristic of Barovier and Toso g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$835 Sale Price
50% Off
Salvatore Vitagliano "Venus Pudica", Glazed Terracotta Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
"Venus Pudica", glazed terracotta sculpture, Salvatore Vitagliano, Naples 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
American Modern Ceramic Gold Glazed, "Cubist", Jaru
Located in Queens, NY
American Modern Ceramic Gold Glazed, "Cubist", Jaru
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,600 / item
Mid-Century Wall Resin Sculpture, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Resin
Original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Mid-Century Modern Anatomical Cell Division Models
By Somso
Located in Weesp, NL
A beautiful sculptural handmade and hand painted anatomical cell division models made by Somso, West Germany.
This rare set is in perfect vintage condition without any damage.
The ...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century Modern White Horse Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century modern figure of a white horse on a marble base
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Modern Yin Yang Lucite Table Sculpture Geometric Sculpture, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
In this listing we offer a beautiful, crafted Yin Yang table sculpture made out of Lucite.
The inside line is frosted.
No markings.
F-671-335
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
1970s Large Jaru Metallic Silver Glaze Ceramic Abstract Nude Sculptures, Pair
By Jaru
Located in Monrovia, CA
JARU - Jaru Metallic silver glaze ceramic nude sculptures, 1970s signed.
Both pieces are solid, no cracks, no chips, no kidding. Excellent vintage con...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Ebony Hand Carved Mermaid Sculpture
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful sculpture is entirely carved out of one piece of ebony wood in the 1960s in Tansania The perfectly natural and organic shape makes this handcrafted sculpture extra special ...
Category
1960s Tanzanian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of French Modern Cream Marble Figural Tabletop Sculptures
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Modern Cream Marble Figural Tabletop Sculptures
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Mid-century Modern figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage figurative sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Archimede Seguso, Curtis Jeré, and Jihokera. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for figurative sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $40 and tops out at $225,000 while the average work can sell for $1,200.
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Murano Clowns
Napoleon On Horseback